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A Pilot Study To Screen Fall Risk In Adult Health Care Employees, Patricia Borboa, Emily Hansen, Jessica Hoeft, Alicia Holzer
A Pilot Study To Screen Fall Risk In Adult Health Care Employees, Patricia Borboa, Emily Hansen, Jessica Hoeft, Alicia Holzer
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Background and Purpose: Due to the increasing age of the working population, falls are becoming an escalating problem especially in the healthcare industry. The purpose of this research study is to develop a cost effective quick screen to determine fall risk in healthcare employees. Our overall goal is to take the results gained from this pilot study and apply them on a larger scale in hopes of preventing falls thus decreasing dollars spent by companies on work injury.
Subjects: Volunteers from a local Health Care System. Inclusion criteria: permanent employees, over the age of 20, without an assistive device. A …